Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., Sp. Pl. 988 1753. (Syn: Iva monophylla Walt.); . USA (Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont), Canada (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Quebec), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I)), Java (I), Peru (I), South Africa […]

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Amaranthus

Amaranthus blitum L. Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea (Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))   Amaranthus caudatus L. (Images by D.S.Rawat & (Usha Desai – identified by Gurcharan Singh), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade))    Amaranthus cruentus L. (Images by (Pudji Widodo– identified by Surajit Koley) & (Arpita Rathore – validation by Mani ), (Inserted by […]

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Amanita

Amanita citrina Pers. ?     Amanita cokeri E.-J. Gilbert & Kühner ex E.-J. Gilbert       Amanita constricta Thiers & Ammirati ?       Amanita flavipes S. Imai       Amanita pantherina (DC.) Krombh. ?             Amanita rubrovolvata S. Imai       Amanita vaginata (Bull.) […]

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Alysicarpus monilifer

Alysicarpus monilifer (L.) DC. (syn. Alysicarpus narimanii S.M.Almeida & M.R.Almeida; Hedysarum monilifer L.; Hedysarum moniliferum L.); . Benin to Socotra, Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar: Native to: Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Maldives, Myanmar, Niger, Pakistan, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Madagascar, Mauritius, Queensland, Réunion as per POWO; . Ethiopia; India; Laccadive Is; Madagascar; Maldives; Mauritius; Myanmar; Niger; Pakistan; Reunion; Somalia; Sri Lanka; […]

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Alysicarpus longifolius

Alysicarpus longifolius (Spreng.) Wight & Arn. (syn. Hedysarum longifolium Spreng.); . al-liss-ee-KAR-pus — from the Greek halusis (chain) and karpos (fruit) lon-jee-FOH-lee-us — long leaves . Native to: Pakistan, west and south-west India . Long Leaved Alysicarpus • Hindi: जंगली गैलिया Jangali gailia, गुबल Gubal • Marathi: शेवरा Shevra, Motha dampta • Telugu: Peddakandikaraku; . […]

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Alternanthera sessilis

Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 77 1813. (Syn: Achyranthes linearifolia Sw. ex Wikstr. ….; Gomphrena brasiliensis Moq.; Gomphrena polygonoides L.; Gomphrena sessilis L.; Illecebrum indicum Houtt.; Illecebrum sessile (L.) L.; Illecebrum sibiricum Vent. ex Schult (Unresolved); ….; Paronychia dubia Moq. (Unresolved); Steiremis sessilifolia Raf. (Unresolved) ….); .  al-ter-NANTH-ur-uh — alternating anther … Dave’s Botanary […]

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Alternanthera pungens

Alternantherapungens Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 206 1818. (Syn: Achyranthesleiantha (Seub.) Standl.; ….; Alternantheraachyrantha R.Br. ex Sweet; ….; Bucholziaspinescens Gillies ex Moq.; Celosiaechinata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.; Desmochaetasordida Bunbury; Guillemineaprocumbens Rojas Acosta; Illecebrumpungens (Kunth) Spreng. ….; Pityranthuscrassifolius Mart.; Pupaliasordida Moq.; Telantherapungens (Kunth) Moq. ….) . Common names: Khaki weed; creeping chaffweed; . Much branched mat-forming herb, […]

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Alternanthera philoxeroides

Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 36 1879. (syn. Achyranthes paludosa Bunbury; Achyranthes philoxeroides (Mart.) Standl.; Alternanthera philoxerina Suess.; Alternanthera philoxeroides var. acutifolia (Moq.) Hicken ……….; Bucholzia philoxeroides Mart. …; Celosia amphibia Salzm. ex Moq.; Mogiphanes philorexoides D. Parodi; Telanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Moq. ….); .  Alligator weed, pig weed • Manipuri: ফকচেত Phakchet; . Aquatic perennial […]

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Alternanthera ficoidea ?

Alternanthera ficoidea ?; . Herb ID from Bangladesh SM121 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Habit: Herb Habitat: Wild Location: Dhaka City Flowering: June Alternanthera ?? Alternanthera sessilis? Alternanthera ficoidea (?). . Request to Identify the Alternanthera sps..: 1 high res. image. Pl. check: https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/04/alternanthera-ficoidea/ No … it is different from Alternanthera ficoidea […]

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Alternanthera ficoidea

Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) R. Br. (syn: Achyranthes ficoides (L.) Lam.; Alternanthera flavogrisea subsp. diffusa (Mart.) Mears ex Fourn.; Alternanthera polygonoides var. diffusa (Mart.) Hicken; Alternanthera tenella Colla; Bucholzia ficoidea (L.) C. Mart.; Gomphrena ficoidea L.; Illecebrum ficoideum (L.) L.; Illecebrum tenellum (Desf.) Hort. ex Moq.; Paronychia ficoidea (L.) Desf.; Paronychia tenella Desf.; Steiremis ficoidea (L.) Raf.; Telanthera ficoidea (L.) […]

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Alternanthera brasiliana

Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 537 1891. (Syn: Achyranthes brasiliana Thouin ex Moq.; Achyranthes brasiliana (L.) Standl. ……..; Alternanthera dentata (Moench) Stuchlík ex R.E.Fr.; Alternanthera dentata f. pubescens Suess.; Alternanthera dentata f. rubiginosa Suess.; Alternanthera jacquini Standl.; Alternanthera jacquinii (Schrad.) Alain; Alternanthera moquinii var. grandiceps Suess.; Alternanthera straminea (Mart.) Suess.; Alternanthera straminea (Mart.) […]

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Alternanthera bettzickiana

  Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 59 1884. (syn: Alternanthera amabilis Lem.; Alternanthera amabilis var. tricolor Linden & André; Alternanthera amoena (Lem.) Voss ……..; Alternanthera articulata O.Stützer ….; Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) Voss …..; Alternanthera coerilis Voss; Alternanthera cyclophylla (Seub.) Schinz; Alternanthera ficoidea var. amoena (Lem.) L.B.Sm. & Downs; Alternanthera ficoidea var. bettzickiana (Regel) Backer …..; Alternanthera […]

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Alstonia scholaris

Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br., Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 76 76 1810. (Syn: Echites scholaris L.; Pala scholaris (L.) Roberty); . alstonia, Australian quinine bark tree, bitter-bark tree, blackboard tree, chatiyan wood, devil’s tree, dita bark tree, shaitan, white cheesewood tree • Bengali: “ছাতিম” — “Chatim” • Hindi: चितवन chitvan, शैतान का झाड़ […]

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Alstonia macrophylla

Alstonia macrophylla Wall. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 78 1837. (Syn: Alstonia acuminata Miq.; Alstonia batino Blanco; Alstonia brassii Monach.; Alstonia costata Wall. ex Miq. [Illegitimate]; Alstonia glabriflora Markgr.; Alstonia macrophylla var. acuminata (Miq.) Monach.; Alstonia macrophylla var. glabra A.DC.; Alstonia macrophylla var. mollis Merr.; Alstonia oblongifolia Merr.; Alstonia pangkorensis King & Gamble; Alstonia paucinervia […]

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Alpinia zerumbet (Introduced)

Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31: 204 1972. (syn. Alpinia cristata Griff.; Alpinia fimbriata Gagnep.; Alpinia fluvitialis Hayata; Alpinia schumanniana Valeton; Alpinia speciosa (J.C.Wendl.) K.Schum. [Illegitimate]; Alpinia speciosa var. longiramosa Gagnep.; Amomum nutans (Andrews) Schult.; Catimbium nutans (Andrews) Juss. ex Lestib.; Catimbium speciosum (J.C.Wendl.) Holttum; Costus zerumbet Pers.; Languas […]

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Alpinia species- Kamrup district, Assam

ID pls.: from Kamrup district, Assam: Please ID for this Sp. Date :21.12.2012 Location: Kamrup district Family : Unknown Genus & species : Unknwon Habitat: Grows wild on hilly slopes Habit : Herb Flower : Not seen Fruits : Not seen Looks like Alpinia sp. (Zingiberaceae) to me. Flowers/Fruits are required to confirm.  

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Alpinia purpurata (Introduced)

Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K.Schum., Pflanzenr. IV, 46: 323 1904. (Syn: Alpinia grandis K.Schum.; Alpinia purpurata var. albobracteata K.Schum.; Alpinia purpurata var. anomala Gagnep.; Alpinia purpurata var. grandis (K.Schum.) K.Schum.; Guillainia novo-ebudica F.Muell.; Guillainia purpurata Vieill.; Languas purpurata (Vieill.) Kaneh.); . Maluku to SW. Pacific: Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon Is., Vanuatu; Introduced […]

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Alpinia

Alpinia calcarata (Haw.) Roscoe (S. India, China (Guangdong) to Indo-China: China Southeast, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Vietnam; Introduced into: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, St.Helena as per POWO) Alpinia conchigera Griff. (SE. Bangladesh to Sumatera, Philippines: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)   Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd. (S. China to W. & Central Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, […]

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Zingiberaceae

Comparative images of this family are given below except for the genus (Alpinia, Amomum, Boesenbergia, Curcuma, Globba, Hedychium, Zingiber), for which click on these links): . Caulokaempferia secunda (Wall.) K.Larsen (E. Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar as per POWO) Caulokaempferia sikkimensis (King ex Baker) K.Larsen (E. Himalaya to Assam: Assam, East Himalaya as per POWO)   Cautleya gracilis (Sm.) Dandy (India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, […]

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Alopecurus

Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. (Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Andes: Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, […]

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